The Details Of John Danks’ No-Trade Clause

White Sox starter John Danks is permitted to designate six clubs for no-trade protection under his five-year, $65MM extension. His list for 2014 includes the Athletics, Orioles, Nationals, and Blue Jays, MLB.com’s Scott Merkin reports on Twitter.

Though Danks has reportedly drawn some interest, including from the Yankees, his contract certainly limits his appeal. As MLBTR’s Steve Adams noted in breaking down the potentially available starters, Danks is due about $34MM through 2016. However, the 29-year-old lefty holds some value after working back from shoulder surgery, as he has shown the ability to produce over stretches. Through 124 innings on the year, Danks owns a 4.35 ERA with 6.3 K/9 against 3.3 BB/9. But he had lowered that mark to 3.99 before getting hit hard two days ago by the Astros.

Of course, it is far from clear that any of those four clubs would be interested in adding Danks (and, in particular, his contract), so the clause’s impact on Danks’ market may be limited. The A’s and Nats appear to be set in their rotations, while the Jays are reportedly interested in adding a pure rental and the O’s may likewise prefer not to take on that kind of commitment after promising $50MM to the struggling Ubaldo Jimenez before the season.

No-trade details have begun to emerge on several possible trade pieces around the league. Earlier today, we covered the teams to which A.J. Burnett and Cliff Lee can block trades (here and here).

The Rogers Center tends to be a hitters ball park and you are stuck playing against the rest of the ALEast most of the time(obviously not as intimidating this year as in previous years). If I was a pitcher worrying about my stats, I would probably shy away from playing for the jays as well.

I live in Chicago. Those areas where the shootings happen are not anywhere near where people like John Danks live. Maybe you forget how enormous the city of Chicago is and the enormous marketing potential players have here. Certainly far more enticing than Baltimore or Toronto.

You base that off what? I’ve been to Baltimore many times, and it’s boring, not to mention small. Never been to Toronto, but let’s face it, it’s in Canada which automatically disqualifies it as a place you want to live.

Yep. Only to the Cubs, Astros and Diamondbacks. I think that covers all 30 teams. Oh wait, how about the Cardinals, Brewers, Pirates, Braves, Dodgers, Giants, Tigers, Yankees, Royals, Angels and Mariners? It seems like we missed those good teams.